§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the annual figure of planned aggregate relevant expenditure accepted by central Government in the rate support grant settlement for Wales from 1977 to date and (b) the annual figures of outturn aggregate relevant expenditure by local authorities in Wales from 1977 to date.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsPlanned relevant expenditure for Wales for the financial years 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84 is as follows. Figures for earlier years are not available as there was then no separate rate support grant for Wales.
£ million 1981–82 1,195.4 1982–83 1,295.3 1983–84 1,385.2 Outturn relevant expenditure for each of the financial years 1977–78 to 1981–82, the most recent for which information is available is as follows:
£ million 1977–78 728 1978–79 810 1979–80 943 1980–81 1,132 *1981–82 1,231 * Provisional outturn.